Molly Gordon co-directed and stars in Theater Camp alongside Ben Platt, Noah Galvin, Ebebiri, and many other talented rising stars of the Gen-Z genre. The film was particularly impactful for younger generations. The experience of heading upstate and going to theater camp is one shared by many...
The pre-eminent hip-hop label for much of the genre's history, the best Def Jam songs define the evolution of rap music.
In the summer of 1980, Kurtis Blow’s second single was a massive hit: The first hip-hop song to go gold was instrumental in mainstreaming the genre. But just as telling is its creative DNA. While a clear outgrowth of rap’s roots in funk and disco, “The Breaks” also evokes the b...
Alas, like any pop culture phenomenon, theGossip Girlwave eventually crested. After helping set The CW brand, the network slowly shifted toward genre programming, thanks to the success ofThe Vampire DiariesandArrow. And the cast was ready to move on, growing tired of the over-...
The film can be seen in the context of the much-loved Soviet genre “auteur song,” popularized by bards and poets of the 1960s including Yuri Vizbor, BulatOkudzhavaand Evgeny Kliachkin. In addition, famed Russian directors Andrei Tarkovsky and Alexander Mitta played minor roles in the film...
When it comes to golden age mysteries, few names are more synonymous with the genre than the “Queen of Crime” herself, Agatha Christie. Upon its original publication in 1921,The Mysterious Affair at Stylesnot only introduced readers to a grand master of the form, but to perhaps her greates...
The first Death Wish film ushered in not just a franchise but also a genre, the vigilante thriller. Paul Kersey (Charles Bronson) is forced to take the law into his own hands when his wife is murdered and his daughter is raped. Like Serpico, Death WIsh reflects a distrust with the prope...